ܒܩܐ

Compare Akkadian 𒁀𒀝𒄣 (/⁠baqqu⁠/, “gnat, numerous insects, swarm”) and Arabic بَقّ (baqq).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [baːqaː]

ܒܵܩܵܐ • (bāqā) m (plural ܒܵܩܹ̈ܐ (bāqē) or ܒܵܩ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bāqāṯā))

1. gnat
2. (collective) gnats

   ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܣܲܓܝܼ ܒܵܩܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ ― īṯ sagī bāqā āḵā ― There’s a lot of gnats here.

Compare Akkadian 𒁀𒀝𒄣 (/⁠baqqu⁠/, “gnat, numerous insects, swarm”) and Arabic بَقّ (baqq).

• IPA^(key): [bɑqɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑqe] (plural)

ܒܩܐ • (bāqā) m (plural ܒܩܐ (bāqē))

1. gnat, mosquito

• IPA^(key): /bqɑʔ/

ܒܩܐ • (bqā)

1. to examine, to consider, to investigate

• “bq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “bqy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 36a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 52b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 176b

From Aramaic בקא (bāqā).

• IPA^(key): /boqo/

ܒܳܩܳܐ • (boqo) m

1. mosquito